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john blackstone, cbs news, merced, california. >> pelley: there are no money troubles in the presidential race. last night president obama raised a record $15 million at a fund-raiser at the los angeles home of actor george clooney. the hollywood crowd cheered when the president spoke about his decision this week to support same-sex marriage and in a new gallup poll 60% of americans said the president's position on that issue will make no difference in how they vote. john dickerson is in washington. he is our cbs news political director. john, i wonder, what do you make of the gallup poll? >> people, scott, at that fund-raiser described et it as buoyant and uplifting in conversations today but in the rest of the country it's not necessarily as monumental an issue as it was for that audience. in that poll people largely registered their opinion along party lines but among independents 23 said the president's decision would make them less likely to vote for president obama. 11% said they would be more likely. so obama's same-sex marriage position could cost him so independent and a very sma
john blackstone, cbs news, merced, california. >> pelley: there are no money troubles in the presidential race. last night president obama raised a record $15 million at a fund-raiser at the los angeles home of actor george clooney. the hollywood crowd cheered when the president spoke about his decision this week to support same-sex marriage and in a new gallup poll 60% of americans said the president's position on that issue will make no difference in how they vote. john dickerson is in...
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john blackstone has the story of the overnight millionaires spreading the wealth. >> reporter: the employees at facebook's silicon valley headquarters were not the only ones celebrating in the region around menlo park, california. william collick is certain at least a few of the newly rich will be dropping by his luxury car dealership to try out lam boalamahasan boar genie models n cost more than $380,000. >> we're excited and congratulations to those involved in the facebook i.p.o. and we're here to help in any way possible. >> reporter: ken deleon drives a $100,000 plus aston martin. he doesn't work for facebook, he's a real estate agent who's profitd from the sale of homes to a few of facebook's fortunate employees. 20-year-old moving into a $5, $6 million home? >> i had... one of my clients was in an 800 square foot apartment, moved into an 8,000 square foot home. the movers literally asked him "did you win the lottery." >> reporter: it's estimated today's stock sale made 1,000 facebook employees millionaires. but de leone says facebook workers, like many in the tech industry, don't flau
john blackstone has the story of the overnight millionaires spreading the wealth. >> reporter: the employees at facebook's silicon valley headquarters were not the only ones celebrating in the region around menlo park, california. william collick is certain at least a few of the newly rich will be dropping by his luxury car dealership to try out lam boalamahasan boar genie models n cost more than $380,000. >> we're excited and congratulations to those involved in the facebook i.p.o....
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john blackstone spoke with the man who uncovered what google was doing. >> reporter: jonathan meyer, a grad student at stanford university was doing research on internet privacy when he discovered the computer code that let google bypass user .rivacy settings. >> the list goes on and on. >> reporter: and if you went to these sites and thought you were there privately, you weren't. >> that's right. >> reporter: most iphone and ipad users access the interneat through apple's safari browser which automatically sets up a bareier to keep out tracking programs from third-party advertisers. google found a way to secretly ,et through that barrier, letting the advertisers flow in and tracking information flow out. >> the technology we were looking at involves taking what google learns from organizing your information and using that to enrich their advertising content on non-google web sites. >> reporter: google's slogan: do no evil. is this evil? >> i think it raises questions about evil. i hesitate to give a bright line response on the evil or not. i think if evil includes negligence or gros
john blackstone spoke with the man who uncovered what google was doing. >> reporter: jonathan meyer, a grad student at stanford university was doing research on internet privacy when he discovered the computer code that let google bypass user .rivacy settings. >> the list goes on and on. >> reporter: and if you went to these sites and thought you were there privately, you weren't. >> that's right. >> reporter: most iphone and ipad users access the interneat through...
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we sent john blackstone to the fireline. >> reporter: thick smoke in the air was the first sign that a quiet afternoon was about to become terrifying. a wall of flames stoked by 80-mile-per-hour winds raced out of the mountains and into reno's suburbs. janice skenesio was work out when she smelled smoke. and the wind sort of blowing it, dropping it? >> it was going in all directions. it was coming one way and then it would go this way. it is popping from one area to the next. >> reporter: how scary was that? >> it was terrible. i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: she rushed to pack photograph into her car, and sheriffs deputies ordered an evacuation. how fast did they say get out of here? >> 15 minutes. i mean, five minutes. she kept pushing me. i threw the dog in the car, and she was yelling at me down the street, "you have to leave! you have to leave!" >> reporter: the fire was moving fast toward diane donaldson's neighborhood as she was hurring to get home. >> i got more and more panicked the farther i drove. >> reporter: she was worried about her husband and the horse. he got
we sent john blackstone to the fireline. >> reporter: thick smoke in the air was the first sign that a quiet afternoon was about to become terrifying. a wall of flames stoked by 80-mile-per-hour winds raced out of the mountains and into reno's suburbs. janice skenesio was work out when she smelled smoke. and the wind sort of blowing it, dropping it? >> it was going in all directions. it was coming one way and then it would go this way. it is popping from one area to the next....
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john blackstone is at a johnstand in los angeles. john? >> reporter: hi, scott. well, that $640 million has brought a steady stream of buyers into buyers into this lottery ticket shop in los angeles. here they've sold more than 6,000 tickets today alone and across the across the country today americans have spent about $100 million million buying lottery tickets. a third of those tickets have been bought here in california. >> thank you, good luck. >> reporter: as the jackpot goads up, the lines get longer and people like danielle evans from orange county, california, decide it's time to jump in. >> it's the largest one in the world. how can you not play? and it's so much and it's so much fun because serve so excited about it and everybody's talking about what they would do if they won. >> reporter: crowds from nevada-- one of eight states that that don't participate in megamillions-- have been crossing into california, waiting for hours to get in on the the action. the jackpot has been growing since the end of january. the last time there was a megamillions winn
john blackstone is at a johnstand in los angeles. john? >> reporter: hi, scott. well, that $640 million has brought a steady stream of buyers into buyers into this lottery ticket shop in los angeles. here they've sold more than 6,000 tickets today alone and across the across the country today americans have spent about $100 million million buying lottery tickets. a third of those tickets have been bought here in california. >> thank you, good luck. >> reporter: as the jackpot...
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john blackstone covered the riots in 1992 and returned to that neighborhood this week. >> reporter: when los angeles was seized by chaos and violence 20 years ago, the city's deep divisions were brutally exposed. >> where's your human dignity? >> reporter: a helicopter watched overhead as white truck driver reginald denny was pulled from his cab and beaten. a radio reporter was standing nearby. >> still bleeding all over the place, trying to get back into his truck. >> reporter: charlie beck, then a police sergeant, had just arrived home from work. >> it was almost 7:00 at night, reginald denny was being dragged out of his truck. no police cars were responding. >> reporter: denny managed to pull himself into his truck and drive away, passing lawrence toliver's barbershop. you thought he was a redhead? >> i thought he was a redhead because of all the blood that was all over his face and all over his hair. >> reporter: toliver wondered where the police had gone. >> they were just standing back. >> reporter: beck, now l.a.'s chief of police, said the force was caught unprepared. >> driving
john blackstone covered the riots in 1992 and returned to that neighborhood this week. >> reporter: when los angeles was seized by chaos and violence 20 years ago, the city's deep divisions were brutally exposed. >> where's your human dignity? >> reporter: a helicopter watched overhead as white truck driver reginald denny was pulled from his cab and beaten. a radio reporter was standing nearby. >> still bleeding all over the place, trying to get back into his truck....
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john blackstone shows us why they came out for this event. >> for one night only, many of hollywood's biggest names were together. but the issue that united them remains divisive in much of the country. same sex marriage. >> tell me how it would harm opposite sex marriages. >> all right. i don't know. >> this was not a work of fiction but the words actually heard in court in the case challenging proposition 8. california's ban on same sex marriage. >> this state has rewritten its constitution in order to place them into a special disfavored cat gore with their most intimate relationships are not valid, not recognized and second rate. >> martin sheen read the words of attorney ted olson. >> it's a great tribute to what this case is all about. >> olson and david boys are the lead attorneys challenging prop 8. >> tonight you're played by? >> by george clooney. isn't that cool? >> how do you feel when you realize that you were gay? >> in a reversal of sorts, some openly gay members of the cast read the testimony of those opposed to same sex marriage. >> it's called acting. >> what do acti
john blackstone shows us why they came out for this event. >> for one night only, many of hollywood's biggest names were together. but the issue that united them remains divisive in much of the country. same sex marriage. >> tell me how it would harm opposite sex marriages. >> all right. i don't know. >> this was not a work of fiction but the words actually heard in court in the case challenging proposition 8. california's ban on same sex marriage. >> this state...
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john blackstone on how the social network plans to change. and his soul train helped carry stars to fame. remembering don cornelius and that voice. >> love, peace, and soul! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the combat role for u.s. troops in afghanistan may end a full year earlier than
john blackstone on how the social network plans to change. and his soul train helped carry stars to fame. remembering don cornelius and that voice. >> love, peace, and soul! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the combat role for u.s. troops in afghanistan may end a full year earlier than
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as john blackstone reports, the show had a lot of live music and a few unexpected faces. >> reporter: there were of course, plenty of cowboy hats at the academy of country music awards in las vegas, but carrie underwood's rocking opening act showed how blurry the line between country and block can be. ♪ >> reporter: the line between genres that blur your still when the '70s rock band kiss in full makeup and metal-studded regalia took the stage as award presenters. >> lady antebellum! >> reporter: kiss has not actually gone country, but lionel richie may have. the r&b star who started off in motown in the '60s shared the stage with blake shelton, named top male vocalist. ♪ again and again now ♪ >> reporter: ashton kutcher star of "two and a half men" showed up with a big hat and a big belt buckle. his job was to present an award but he couldn't resist singing. ♪ give all i've got to give to make all your dreams come true ♪ >> reporter: when the country stars paused to focus attention on fighting child hunger -- ♪ imagine all the people ♪ >> reporter: they did it with a so
as john blackstone reports, the show had a lot of live music and a few unexpected faces. >> reporter: there were of course, plenty of cowboy hats at the academy of country music awards in las vegas, but carrie underwood's rocking opening act showed how blurry the line between country and block can be. ♪ >> reporter: the line between genres that blur your still when the '70s rock band kiss in full makeup and metal-studded regalia took the stage as award presenters. >> lady...
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. >> john blackstone says this is to be the biggest interknelt. po of all-time. >> when it sells shares, the founder, mark zuckerberg is likely to be worth $24 billion. no wonder he seems so happy in september. we look into the future and see what might exist and it's going to be really, really good. >> by this summer, facebook is forecast to have a billion users. one of every seven people on the planet. but it's not just the number of users. it's how long they stay. says cnet editor. needle man. >> you're on for half an hour at a time. >> the more time is spent, the more advertising facebook can send their way. often from companies awarding coupons for a click of the like button. >> every time you click the like button, it's a ka ching in facebook. >> the value to advertisers is based on how much it knows about its users. that leads to the frequent criticism that facebook kprom compromises privacy. >> it's called the digital tattoo. what you do online and what's recorded in a site like facebook stays with you forever. >> does facebook know its us
. >> john blackstone says this is to be the biggest interknelt. po of all-time. >> when it sells shares, the founder, mark zuckerberg is likely to be worth $24 billion. no wonder he seems so happy in september. we look into the future and see what might exist and it's going to be really, really good. >> by this summer, facebook is forecast to have a billion users. one of every seven people on the planet. but it's not just the number of users. it's how long they stay. says cnet...
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john blackstone has more. >> he's truly a legend. >> reporter: the emotional high point came as seau's children took the stage to publicly say good-bye to their father. alongside san diego chargers' owner. >> from tonight forward the number 55 chargers jersey will always say seau. it is now officially retired. >> reporter: it was billed as a celebration of seau's life, as a football player -- >> it was an amazing thing to see a kid just out of college that could play the game of football the way junior seau played it. >> reporter: a humanitarian. >> what the junior seau foundation has done for the kids of san diego is simply remarkable. >> reporter: and a hometown hero. >> in this town, the word seau is royalty. >> reporter: the former linebacker was laid to rest earlier friday in a private service attended by family, friends and former teammates. >> saying it very hard, mother, especially mother. >> reporter: but friday night was meant to help them heal, right alongside tens of thousands of fans, packing the stadium where seau used to dazzle everyone with his gridiron skills. for "cbs
john blackstone has more. >> he's truly a legend. >> reporter: the emotional high point came as seau's children took the stage to publicly say good-bye to their father. alongside san diego chargers' owner. >> from tonight forward the number 55 chargers jersey will always say seau. it is now officially retired. >> reporter: it was billed as a celebration of seau's life, as a football player -- >> it was an amazing thing to see a kid just out of college that could...
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john blackstone has a follow-up to the visits visit he paid to a very brave and very determine physician. >> reporter: this doctor spent almost 20 years treating patients with a.l.s., lou gehrig's disease. as a leading researcher he hunted for treatments for the crippling, fatal illness. >> i've dedicated my life to a.l.s.research and patient care. >> reporter: then in 2004 he made a videotape with a startling announcement. he himself had been diagnosed with a.l.s.. >> at first i was skeptical that it could affect me because it seemed too ironic. >> reporter: a.l.s.is not contagious. it strikes about 5600 americans every year. it destroys the muscles but not the mind. it is often fatal within five years. >> i still hope there's a long shot that maybe a cure will be found in time to help me. but i think i recognize that the long shot at this point. >> reporter: by the time he died just over a week ago, dr. olney had lived eight years with a.l.s., and by then he could move only his eyes says his doctor. >> at the end he was very disabled from the disease, could not see, could not swallow,
john blackstone has a follow-up to the visits visit he paid to a very brave and very determine physician. >> reporter: this doctor spent almost 20 years treating patients with a.l.s., lou gehrig's disease. as a leading researcher he hunted for treatments for the crippling, fatal illness. >> i've dedicated my life to a.l.s.research and patient care. >> reporter: then in 2004 he made a videotape with a startling announcement. he himself had been diagnosed with a.l.s.. >>...
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john blackstone is at the yerba buena center in san francisco. john, good morning. >> good morning, erica. this is the same hall in san francisco where steve jobs introduced many of apple's blockbuster product. of course, this is the first product launch since jobs' death. apple remains as secretive as ever. i can say this confidently. within a few hours, my ipad 2 purchased just over -- less than a year ago, in fact, will soon be outdated. rumors about what apple will unveil this morning in the newest ipad have been flying for weeks. >> we're definitely going to get an hd beautiful display. i wouldn't be surprised if we saw a couple different sizes. >> there's no doubt even if the changes are small, enthusiasts will be lining up to buy it. that wasn't certain just over two years ago when steve jobs, who died in october, into drused the new tablet computer. >> it was destined to be a device for reading books, playing games, looking at photos and video. it's so much more intimate than a laptop and it's so much more capable than a smartphone. >> bu
john blackstone is at the yerba buena center in san francisco. john, good morning. >> good morning, erica. this is the same hall in san francisco where steve jobs introduced many of apple's blockbuster product. of course, this is the first product launch since jobs' death. apple remains as secretive as ever. i can say this confidently. within a few hours, my ipad 2 purchased just over -- less than a year ago, in fact, will soon be outdated. rumors about what apple will unveil this morning...